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Archive for April 15th, 2010

Even though I have some Spring Cleaning articles on the website I haven’t talked about what is going on in my own home.

Well up until maybe a week ago I was doing precious little in the deep cleaning in the home department.

Was I waiting for Spring Cleaning? No I don’t think so. I was just…waiting.

The winter can do that to you. But I knew it was time to kick it into gear and getting some things done. So here is what I’ve doing.

I like to focus on one section of the home a week because that means if I forget something one day I can do it  the next. Or if I’m too busy I can clean any other day of the week. Or I can clean as long or as short as I like because I have a whole week to get around to it or get it done.

I also ordered some green, pretty smelling cleaners. I needed some inspiration. And I did put together a nice upbeat gospel/southern gospel cd via iTunes to sing to with my daughter while we clean. That helps too.

So I have been cleaning the kitchen the last week or so. A little every other day or so but today I wanted to start focusing on a room per week. I’ll be coming back to the kitchen because I need to  workup a nightly quick clean set up like I  had in the last home. Did I mention that cooking is our family hobby (which I don’t write about nearly enough) so our kitchen gets kind of a workout.

Today I started with the Front Entrance. I have a small pergo floor there with plant, a small table for incoming mail and a chair which we pull in for dinner parties.

1. Pulled all items off the floor which included a boot drip tray or whatever they call it and an indoor rug for catching dirt. It has been said that you should have one on each side of the door….so I do.

2. Dusted high ledge above the door.

3. Dusted blinds (3 windows) and low ledges.

4. Dusted plant stand and polished small table

5. Cleaned windows (inside)

6. Wiped down walls and front door.

7. Vacuumed corners

8. Vacuumed throw rug (I should wash it but I need it right now) and swept floor

9. Mopped the floor

How long did it take? I have no idea. Maybe an hour with breaks to do something or other. I had dusting help from my 5 year old.

What’s next? I’ll check out the hall closet tomorrow and next week I would like to tackle the Master Bedroom dresser drawers mostly.